Bethany RodgersUtah lawmakers have started the third week of their annual general session of lawmaking.
At the Capitol on Monday, Rep. Steve Eliason asked lawmakers to set aside $2.5 million to create centers in Utah’s middle and high schools where teens experiencing homelessness could find support. In several centers that already exist in the state, teenage students can shower, do laundry and access a food pantry. The teens can also work on college applications and get resume assistance at the centers.
Also, locals are worried that dinosaur tracks outside of Moab were destroyed during a recent construction project. The 112 million-year-old tracks were at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite.
While in Salt Lake City, a runner who’s cruised every street in the capital city is making his own tracks.
Hear these stories and more on the Tuesday, Feb. 1, episode of the “The Daily Buzz” podcast.
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Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.